Moore: 'Focus on children like you do Boeing'

6:42 AM,
Dec. 20, 2013

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For decades, those in the criminal justice and child welfare community in the Ozarks have recognized the destructive and widespread nature of child abuse and neglect.

Now a collaborative of those stakeholders wants to get that message to the masses and collectively work toward preventing child abuse in the first place.

Seizing on recent efforts to raise awareness of the problem locally - including the News-Leader's Every Child project and the subsequent Every Child Initiative - the Community Partnership of the Ozarks announced Thursday the new Child Abuse and Neglect Collaborative. ...